NEWS

May 8, 2003

RSU-TV To Air Tape-Delayed Commencement

RSU-TV will air a tape-delayed
broadcasting of Rogers State University's May 10th commencement ceremony.

The taped broadcast of the
commencement ceremony is scheduled to air at 9 p.m., Wednesday, May 14 and 7
p.m., Sunday, May 18. RSU-TV broadcasts on
UHF channel 35, Claremore and
Tulsa cable
channel 19, and more than 70 cable systems in northeastern Oklahoma and southern
Kansas.

RSU's
commencement will be held at 4 p.m.,
Saturday, May 10, at the Claremore
Expo Center.

The university expects to confer
degrees to more than 285 students, including 56 bachelor's degree candidates,
from its three campuses and RSU Online during the ceremony. This will be the
second year that RSU has graduated bachelor degree candidates since it was
accredited as a four-year university in August 2000.

Rep. Jari
Askins of Duncan
will serve as the commencement speaker.

Station
officials said the taped broadcast is a service to area residents and family
members who are unable to attend the ceremony, in addition to providing a
permanent record of the event.

As the only full-powered public
television station licensed to a university in Oklahoma, RSU-TV provides
educational, cultural and general interest programming to an audience of 1.2
million viewers in northeastern Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.